IMBeR has two International Project Offices, one in Halifax, Canada (IPO-Canada), and one in Shanghai, China (IPO-China).
The main tasks of the International Project Offices are to:
- assist the IMBeR Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) with planning and carrying out scientific research;
- serve as a channel of communication between scientists working in different countries on various aspects of global change; and
- assist the SSC in collating information on national and regional programmes of global change research relating to IMBeR, to ensure that there is no unnecessary duplication of effort and that IMBeR makes effective use of existing knowledge in its analysis of processes and change at all relevant scales.
Staff
John Claydon
Executive Director, IPO-Canada
Tel.: + 39 331 930 5289
E-mail: John.Claydon@dal.ca
John has a background as a marine ecologist focusing on tropical marine systems, and has worked in a range of roles that includes research, teaching, management, policy, and governance. His most recent position was Director of the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources for the Turks and Caicos Islands Government.
Lisa Maddison
Deputy Director, IPO-Canada
Tel.: +1 902 943 4317
E-mail: lisa.maddison@dal.ca
Lisa is a marine biologist who spent many years doing marine resource management on the west coast of South Africa. She swapped over to project coordination and joined IMBeR in 2009.
Paula George
Executive Assistant, IPO-Canada
E-mail: paula.george@dal.ca
Paula joined the IMBeR IPO-Canada team in August 2022. Paula supports the IMBeR International Project Office-Canada and provides executive and financial assistance to the Deputy Scientific Director and Finance Manager at Ocean Frontier Institute at Dalhousie.
GiHoon Hong
Strategy Director, IPO-China
Tel.: + 86 21 3350 3531
E-mail: ghong@sklec.ecnu.edu.cn
Web page: Link
GiHoon has a background as marine biogeochemistry focusing on the behavior of radionuclides at sea and carbon cycles, and their application for addressing various emerging scientific and human needs in the world oceans. He joined the IMBeR office in Shanghai in 2021.
Fang Zuo
Deputy Director, IPO-China
Tel.: + 86 21 5483 6463
E-mail: fzuo@sklec.ecnu.edu.cn
Fang has a background in developing science education curriculum for school students. She joined IMBeR in 2011 as Administrative Assistant and spent many years coordinating projects and events. Her recent work focuses on facilitating science communication and developing new approaches in support of ocean literacy.
Kai Qin
Executive Assistant, IPO-China
Tel.: + 86 21 5483 6463
E-mail: imber@ecnu.edu.cn
Kai joined the IMBeR office in Shanghai in 2019. Her research interests include physical oceanography and ocean management with a particular focus on the Arctic region.
Yue Zhu
Intern, IPO-China
Tel.: + 86 21 5483 6463
E-mail: 364008185@qq.com
I am a person who is full of curiosity and desire to explore the world. I always like to try new things and keep learning. I like to read, travel, and draw—in my eyes, there is nothing better than treating the world with a serious and lovely attitude.
My undergraduate degree is in Translation and I am currently a graduate student in English Interpretation at East China Normal University.
IPO Contact Information
Canada
Postal address:
IMBeR International Project Office – Canada
Steele Ocean Sciences Building
1355 Oxford Street, P.O. Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4R2 Canada
Physical address:
IMBeR International Project Office – Canada
Steele Ocean Sciences Building
1355 Oxford Street, 2nd floor (within MEOPAR)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4R2 Canada
Tel.: +1 902 494 4088
Email: imber@dal.ca
China
Postal and Physical address:
IMBeR International Project Office – China
Office A221, State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC)
Minhang Campus, East China Normal University (ECNU)
500 Dongchuan Road
Shanghai 200241, China
Tel.: +86 21 5483 6463
Email: imber@ecnu.edu.cn
Website: imber.ecnu.edu.cn
Sponsors
IPO – Canada
IPO – China
Supporting Institutes – IPO – China
